CATHEDRALS Tacoma
CATHEDRALS Tacoma
Featuring: David Bazan, Kevin Sur, Pretty Broken Things, Passenger String Quartet
Tacoma, WA – CATHEDRALS Tacoma features unique contemplative concerts by indie singer/songwriters and the warm acoustics in the welcoming space of Immanuel Presbyterian Chruch. Imagine enjoying the best indie music in a venue that resonates with rich and deep overtones. CATHEDRALS Tacoma will announce the bands 45 days prior to each date. On Friday, July 27, 2012, David Bazan, Kevin Sur (of Indian Valley Line), and Pretty Broken Things will each be backed by the Passenger String Quartet. Tickets are on sale for $16 now and the show is an all ages concert.
Passenger String Quartet is a Northwest string quartet started by members of the Seattle Rock Orchestra. The quartet is Andrew Joslyn (arrangements, violin), Alina To (violinist, Grand Hallway), Seth May-Patterson (violist, Transiberian Orchestra), and Danah Albaum (celloist, Shenandoah Davis). In 2011, the quartet released an EP with Seattle singer/songwriter Kris Orlowski.
Pretty Broken Things is “an emerging band that has gotten a great deal of attention from fans and other bands following a show stopping performance [last April] at The Fremont Abbey. Lead singer Katie Costello had the godfather of Seattle folk music, Damien Jurado, exclaiming time and time again his adoration of her voice, and for good reason – saying Costello has talent is an understatement. Her voice is soulful, rich, and breathtaking at moments. Her band is equally talented, projecting endless enthusiasm and talent onto any crowd they perform in front of.” (SSG Music)
Kevin Sur is a composer, musician, arts advocate, founder of Artist Home Booking, and is co-founder and producer of Doe Bay Fest, the hottest summer ticket in the northwest. Kevin Sur is also the lead songwriter and frontman of the band Indian Valley Line. Indian Valley Line embraces the long lost spirit of storytelling, journeys, and self-reliance, portraying an old soul spirit that is all but lost in today’s world that is obsessed with marketability, and trendiness.
David Bazan was, for many years, the songwriter and driving force behind the acclaimed indie band Pedro the Lion, building a dedicated following and selling a couple hundred-thousand albums based in large part on his extraordinary melodic sense and erudite, theologically-themed songs. After a decade helming the project, he found himself embroiled in a major personal philosophical and spiritual cataclysm, wrapped in a growing drinking problem. Bazan got to work exorcizing both his demons and angels, ditching the Pedro moniker in favor of his given name and producing three incredible pieces of work in the Fewer Moving Parts EP, the 2009 full-length Curse Your Branches, and its follow-up, Strange Negotiations, in 2011. Musically, most of Strange Negotiations sounds like a great rock band playing songs they’re beyond intimate with – and Bazan is audibly excited by the opportunity to play with great musicians who can match his spirited vocal delivery and fiery-but-loose lyricism. It’s the first full length he’s recorded with a band – the same band with which he toured relentlessly in support of Curse Your Branches – and in spite of the dire messages the album delivers, the joy that he, Andy Fitts (bass), and Alex Westcoat (drums) take in playing these songs is beautiful.
Tickets for CATHEDRALS Tacoma are on sale now.
Tickets are $16. To purchase tickets call the Broadway Center Box Office at 253.591.5894, toll-free at 1.800.291.7593, in person at 901 Broadway in Tacoma’s Theater District, or online (www.broadwaycenter.org). In partnership with Seattle’s CATHEDRALS and Immanuel Presbyterian Church. RSVP on Facebook.